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Date Posted: 19:42:14 12/07/09 Mon
Author: joystar
Subject: Great Impersonation 1934-35

Hi, Y'all! I just got a decent copy of THE GREAT IMPERSONATION. I am SO thrilled, as I hear it's really good. Also, you know me and Valerie Hobson.(lol) The site where I purchased it was "ROBERT'S HARD TO FIND VIDEOS". He has quite a few rarities, and the condition is quite good. Of the nine films I've purchased from him, seven have been very good, one has been medium, and one a dud. The medium and the dud were not his fault, either.(You DO NOT find decent copies of JOURNEY'S END unless Whale and Clive are helping you from "the other side". (lol) In fact, you usually don't find it at all.
I was lucky...a dear friend sent me a copy taped off BBC4, and then had it copied in the US Format.. Fortunately, a techie pal is going to DVD-R it for me, and it's about as close to virgin as you're going to get.

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[> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- Tim, 20:00:03 12/07/09 Mon [1]

Congratulations, Joystar, on finding a copy of this neglected Universal oldie with Edmund Lowe. I saw it for the first time about a year ago, and enjoyed it.

Tim


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[> [> Re: Great Impersonation (1935) -- Rick, 02:44:00 12/08/09 Tue [1]

Good find, JS. I have three different copies of the film. I wonder how they would look against mine. The film was made and released in 1935, so there are no doubts. I also have the 1942 re-make film with Ralph Bellamy and Evie Ankers. The studio tweaked it for WW II era.


Dwight Frye plays Roger in the 35' film.



Rick


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[> [> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- joystar, 08:39:08 12/09/09 Wed [1]

Sorry to say it, Rick, but I was a wee bit disappointed. It just didn't seem up to the Laemmle/ "Big U" standards. Even for a "B" level programmer it could have been better.

Valerie Hobson seemed lost, Dwight Frye was totally wasted, and WHY did they put Esther Dale in a "Big U" film set in England? Her "Ma Joad" style just didn't fit. I wonder if 95% of the budget went to pay Edmund Lowe? It's a shame, because with even a tiny bit of care, it could have been really good.

That said..Valerie Hobson is ALWAYS lovely...and I would watch her if she read a phonebook in pig latin. BTW, did you notice the Frankenstein Baronial bed from THE BRIDE gracing Ms. Hobson's boudoir? Now THAT would have been interesting casting. Colin Clive in the Edmund Lowe part, Edward Van Sloan in the Murray Kinnell part, Elspeth Dudgeon as Frye's mother...

I love Oppenheim's stuff. It's rather like the PRISONER OF ZENDA transferred to the playing fields of Eton...
JS


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[> [> [> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- Rick, 23:51:46 12/09/09 Wed [1]

I don't know if you've accessed this page, but it's a great piece to reference you with the films.


http://flashgordon.homestead.com/files/universalclassics.html




Rick


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[> [> [> [> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- joystar, 06:14:30 12/10/09 Thu [1]

Thank you so much for the great site. The rist thing I'm going to do is jot down my favourites and check the vintage websites. If they are out there, I will find them, and report as to location, quality and price.

I just managed to get a copy of 1934 GREAT EXPECTATIONS, but it hasn't arrived yet.

Don't expect to find ONE MORE RIVER, though. It's a real shame..because it's one of "Jimmy's" best works, and also Clive's. It also has a tiny Whale cameo, with the only known recording of his voice!
JS


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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- Rick, 02:59:23 12/11/09 Fri [1]

I ordered "One More River" last July at Sam Spade Films, but it appears he went to movie Heaven! Not a LOL. I was lucky to him for almost a year.




Rick


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Great Impersonation 1934-35 -- joystar, 09:20:29 12/11/09 Fri [1]

My copy of ONE MORE RIVER was recorded off USA network around 1988 or so. Fortunately, it was a good print, and I have a "techie" friend who is going to DVD-R it for me.


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